35 articles
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Mineral buffet for horses (DIY)
Published : 2022-05-27 11:08:32 | Categories : BlogMineral buffet for horses (DIY) In the wild horses have access to different kinds of plants, herbs, trees, grass & shrubs. All of these contains certain minerals, vitamins and other essential [...]
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How to measure the sugar content in hay yourself
Published : 2022-05-26 15:42:41 | Categories : BlogThe sugar contents reported in the literature are always based on dry matter. With hay you can assume that your measurement is reasonably close (possibly deviating 1-2% from the value measured [...]
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Complex Vertebral Malformation
Published : 2022-05-25 13:23:27 | Categories : BlogGuest blog written by Marie Fitzgerald, MF Equine Bodywork Complex Vertebral Malformation Complex Vertebral Malformation was first found in Holstein dairy calves late last century. They [...]
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Horses perform better when you feed naturally
Published : 2022-05-25 10:24:49 | Categories : BlogGuest blog Bart van Heesbeen: 'Horses perform better when you feed naturally' Bart van Heesbeen is a showjumper, trainer, instructor and nutrition expert. He knows par excellence what good [...]
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Help my horse has laminitis!
Published : 2022-05-05 09:24:29 | Categories : BlogIt is that time of year where a lot of horses and ponies end up with laminitis. Laminitis has become more and more common in horses. So the question is, why and how does this arise? What i [...]
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Is feeding pre and probiotics healthy for your horse?
Published : 2022-03-30 16:29:25 | Categories : BlogIs feeding pre and probiotics healthy for your horse? Nowadays a lot of horse owners feed their horses pre & probiotics and a lot of Companies add these to their bags of feed, supplements and [...]
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Help my horse has a cough!
Published : 2022-02-28 13:05:33 | Categories : BlogHELP MY HORSE HAS A COUGH! I have written about hay VS haylage before and about the fact that people tend to feed haylage when their horse coughs because haylage contains less dust. If you have [...]
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Help my horse has sweet itch!
Published : 2022-02-28 12:59:41 | Categories : BlogHelp my horse has sweet itch!! Its almost that season again when blood sucking insects appear and sensitive horses will become itchy again. Many horse owners think they know the answer as to [...]